Cizhou-type ware Bottle
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Period
1279-1368 -
Geography
Shaanxi, China -
Material
Stoneware with iron glaze and painted iron decoration -
Dimension
H x Diam: 42.9 × 34.6 cm (16 7/8 × 13 5/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1917.192 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1917.192
Object Details
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Description
Bottle of large ovoid shape with small flanged neck.Clay: hard buff stonewareGlaze: thick, glossy black; variations normal to iron content.Decoration: peony patterns painted in brown. -
Provenance
To 1917Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [1]From 1917 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Pottery List, L. 2525, Freer Galley of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.[2] See note 1.[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery. -
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection -
Exhibition History
Chinese Ceramics: 13th–14th Century (December 20, 2014 to January 3, 2016)Black and White: Chinese Ceramics from the 10th-14th Centuries (December 18, 2004 to November 7, 2010)Storage Jars of Asia (October 29, 2000 to March 10, 2002)Chinese and Korean Ceramics (July 11, 1986 to March 13, 1987)Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)Chinese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to September 4, 1980)Chinese Calligraphy and Ceramics (April 18, 1977 to April 8, 1978)Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)Yuan Chiang School, Chinese Paintings (April 12, 1963 to October 15, 1963)Chinese Album Leaves (December 17, 1962 to April 8, 1963)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics, 1955 (September 19, 1955 to November 10, 1955)Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 13 (November 10, 1955 to March 1, 1957)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1946 (May 6, 1946 to November 17, 1955)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Ceramics and Paintings (November 14, 1944 to May 3, 1946)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 13, 1944)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Ceramics (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)Chinese Painting and Pottery (May 2, 1923 to March 22, 1943) -
Previous custodian or owner
Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
Shaanxi, China -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Vessel -
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